LinkedIn introduced Skills and Expertise back in July of last year (July 2011). I remember wondering how they would differentiate it from the Specialties section that appears immediately below the Summary section. No one seemed to use the Specialties section the same way. Some people listed their specialties, others wrote long paragraphs describing their specialties, …
by Val 
Today I was optimizing a LinkedIn profile for a recruiter and I stumbled upon a NEW FIELD! The education section has a new field called, GRADE! Yes, LinkedIn now allows you to enter your grade for the school you attended. It’s actually a rather odd field. It says grade, not GPA. In my mind, there …
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I receive such lovely LinkedIn emails from people asking for my advice and help regarding LinkedIn. Sometimes, if the LinkedIn question has broad appeal, I’ll post it here for everyone to share in the information I provide. Most of the time, I simply reply privately. Today, a nice fellow from Greece emailed me to ask …
by Val 
This afternoon while I was optimizing the LinkedIn Profile of a Philadelphia-based Project Manager, I noticed a NEW FIELD in the Experience section of LinkedIn! LinkedIn NOW gives you the ability to add a location to your experience. When you start typing within this new Location field, LinkedIn provides you with cities and areas in …
by Val 
A client of mine just sent me a link to this fantastic article, LinkedIn Wants To Help You Name Your New Baby/CEO. Have you ever wondered if your name is the cause of your career success or failure? Utilizing LinkedIn’s database of professionals, researchers determined the most popular names of CEOs and other professionals.
Here are two of the lists the article provided:
by Val We experienced a sudden death in my family. I am still accepting LinkedIn Makeovers although I am scheduling them out to next week. Thank you for your patience.
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Here’s an amazing infographic that explains the service LinkedIn is providing… and how successful they’ve been. Can you believe LinkedIn has 100 MILLION users! There are 2 BILLION people searches being performed on LinkedIn! Knowing this, having a strong LinkedIn profile seems like a no-brainer, right?
by Val If you’ve been here before you may have noticed we changed things around! We decided it was time for a change and so we just completed a makeover on our very own LinkedIn Makeover site! We hope you like it!
by Val Input your search keywords and press Enter.